-Here’s a feel good story about your fellow man. A woman in Washington DC was boarding the subway and the doors closed before she could get on. The subway zoomed off with her baby! Passengers took control of the situation, took the baby off at the next stop, and the baby was reunited with mama a few moments later when the next subway arrived. (Washington Post)

-San Francisco was all set to become the first city in the country to ban toys in Happy Meals. The bill was intended to promote healthy eating and help combat childhood obesity. But San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is apparently gearing up to veto that ban today. (CNN)

-Having kids is really friggin expensive. We all know this. But if you really want to be depressed, check out this colorful chart that outlines how much you should expect to pay for childcare starting in the early months on through college. (visualeconmics.com)

Deborah Kolben is Editorial Director/Founding Editor of Kveller. She formerly covered education, crime, and real estate at the New York Daily News and The New York Sun before becoming the city editor of The New York Sun and the managing editor of the Village Voice. She has also written for The New York Times, Financial Times, The Forward, and Jerusalem Report. She received a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and received an Arthur F. Burns fellowship to report in Germany. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.